Write-ins fill out field in District 88 race

3:35 AM,
Apr. 23, 2014

Rex Damschroder

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Three write-in candidates are entering uncharted waters May 6. Rhonda Damschroder, Bill Reineke Jr., Richard Geyer look to win the Republican primary for the House District 88 seat.

Damschroder is serving as a placeholder for her husband, Rex, after the Fremont legislator made a clerical error on his filing paperwork and was ruled ineligible to run as a write-in candidate in the primary. Rep. Damschroder said he was serving as his wife's official spokesperson for the primary race.

"It's a very unusual election," Rex Damschroder said. "It's probably the first time in the state of Ohio where ...